Thousands of people have been forced from their homes after flooding in parts of Haiti and Dominican Republic following a period of heavy rainfall.
Haiti
A cold front brought heavy rain and strong winds to the region from 30 January 2022. Civil Protection in Haiti said rain fell for 36 hours and several rivers have broken their banks including the Port-Margot, Les Trois Rivières and the Grande Rivière du Nord.
Flooding has affected 20 municipalities in the Nord, Nord-Est and Nippes departments. As many as 2,578 houses have been flooded and 3 destroyed. Civil Protection added that nearly 2,500 families were now in need of temporary shelter. Civil Protection also reported damage to a a power plant and a bridge, leaving some areas isolated.
Some of the affected areas are still recovering from the deadly earthquake that hit in August 2021. Flooding rain from Tropical Storm Grace complicated rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of the earthquake in which over 1,900 people died.
Dominican Republic
Meanwhile in neighbouring Dominican Republic, Civil Defence said the heavy rains affected Puerto Plata, Santiago, La Vega, Valverde and Montecristi, causing flooding in some sectors of these provinces.
As many as 3,444 homes were flooded and 1,720 people displaced. Firefighters were called on to rescue or evacuate dozens of people from severe flooding in the municipality of Villa Vásquez, province of Montecristi.
In a 24 hour period to 30 January, the town of Montecristi recorded 155.8 mm of rain and Villa Isabela in Puerto Plata Province recorded 127.0 mm.
Strong winds also caused damages and one person died after a tree fell in the municipality of Sabana Iglesia in the province of Santiago.
Social Media
Familias luchan afanosamente por evacuar sus hogares con ayuda de los bomberos, tras las inundaciones en Laguna Verde, Monte Cristi, producto de las intensas lluvias caídas anoche. #ElNuevoDiarioRD pic.twitter.com/skfI3GPfBT
— El Nuevo Diario (@elnuevodiariord) January 31, 2022
Inondasyon Teyre Wouj #Haiti pic.twitter.com/gxQ1RToehg
— KonbitJounalisLib (@KJLAyiti) January 31, 2022
Quartier-Morin, Grande- Rivière du Nord, Limonade, Cap-Haïtien, Plaine du nord anba yon inondasyon tèt chaje. Anpil dega. Defisi yo anpil, sitou pou sektè agrikòl la. pic.twitter.com/xVLoZrRjAw
— Michelin ETIENNE 🇭🇹 (@metienne_1) February 1, 2022
Aprè lapli se pa bon tan ki vini pou moun okap, se inondasyon pic.twitter.com/6og4leUYPW
— Joseph Jacques Hébreux (@VIV_AYITI) January 31, 2022
Lapli ki ap tonbe depi yè nan plizyè depatman an Ayiti deja lakoz inondasyon. Men vil #Okap anba dlo. L’ap difisil pou Leta pote èd bay viktim yo a koz kriz politik la. #Haiti pic.twitter.com/ebVIpAfhyG
— KonbitJounalisLib (@KJLAyiti) January 31, 2022
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